Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia [electronic resource] : From Policy to Practice /
Heiduk, F.editor.
Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy by Western donors. A global cast of contributors examines SSR in a variety of policy fields in Southeast Asia, paying specific attention to the adaption of 'Western' reform concepts by local actors.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia; 2 Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: From Policy to Practice; 3 Eurocentric and Ahistorical? The Concept of SSR and Its Limits; 4 Impediments to Security Sector Reform in Thailand; 5 Superficial Consolidation: Security Sector Governance and the Executive Branch in the Philippines Today; 6 Stifled Development: The SSR - Civil Society Organizations Community in Post-authoritarian Indonesia
7 Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: The Role of Private Security Providers8 Do as We Say, Not as We Do? Gender and Police Reform in Timor-Leste; 9 A Sisyphean Exercise of SSR: Examining the Role of the UN in Timor-Leste; 10 Conclusion: Assessing Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy by Western donors. A global cast of contributors examines SSR in a variety of policy fields in Southeast Asia, paying specific attention to the adaption of 'Western' reform concepts by local actors.
Ethnology—Asia.
Politics and war.
Asia—Politics and government.
International relations.
Comparative politics.
Political science.
Asian Culture.
Military and Defence Studies.
Asian Politics.
International Relations.
Comparative Politics.
Political Science.